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Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue as ceasefire talks gain pace
Israel has pressed ahead with a series of air strikes in southern Beirut – as well as the south of Lebanon, even though American-led efforts to agree a ceasefire with Hezbollah are still going on.
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New data shows extent displacement in northern Gaza
There’s little hope in Gaza that the arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu will change anything on the ground. The International Criminal Court did not include allegations of ethnic cleansing – but human rights activists say that’s what’s happening in northern Gaza.
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Energy price rise puts pensioners under more pressure charity warns
The average household energy bill in England, Scotland and Wales is set to go up again in January – the second rise this winter. The energy regulator said its price cap would go up by £21 a year for a typical household, on top of a 10% increase in October.
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UN climate talk proposal ‘slap in the face’, says think tank director
Earlier we spoke to Mohamed Adow, founder and director of Power Shift Africa.
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What next after Russia’s hypersonic missile attack on Ukraine?
Top diplomats from NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks next week after Russia’s attack on the city of Dnipro with an experimental hypersonic missile.
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Trump names Pam Bondi as new prospective Attorney-General
Next week Donald Trump was due to face his reckoning with the law – sentenced before a Manhattan court for 43 counts of falsifying business records. Instead, that’s on hold – and he’s deciding who should oversee America’s justice system.
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Sixth person dies in suspected methanol poisoning in Laos
The parents of a British woman who died in Laos from suspected methanol poisoning have paid tribute to their “kind and loving daughter, with a spark for life”. Simone White is one of six tourists who’ve died, apparently after drinking contaminated alcoholic drinks.
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Education Secretary: Children in care failed by system, concedes some private providers treat them as ‘cash cows’
Describing her view of the current treatment of children in care, Ms Phillipson said: “It’s a real stain on our society.”
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The Stimming Pool: Life from a neurodivergent perspective
Around 1 in 7 people in the UK is estimated to have some kind of neurodivergence, a term used to describe those who think about and see the world differently.
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Trump, Musk and key allies celebrate election win at UFC
President Trump celebrated his election win last night in New York at the Ultimate Fighting Championship, whose president was one of HIS most high-profile supporters.
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Israeli airstrike in central Beirut kills Hezbollah media chief
Hezbollah’s media chief is said to have been killed in an Israeli air strike in central Beirut that hit a building which some reports said was the offices of the Syrian Ba’ath party.
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Russia attack on Ukraine shows ‘Putin’s ideas haven’t changed’, says WSJ chief foreign correspondent
We spoke to Yaroslav Trofimov, who’s recently published a historical novel set in Ukraine. He is also the Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign correspondent. We asked him why this from Russia and why now?
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Russia launches massive drone and missile attack targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Explosions were heard across Ukraine overnight in a nationwide Russian missile and drone attack, targeting energy infrastructure throughout the country.
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Bashy releases first album in 15 years: ‘Being Poor is Expensive’
He’s a former bus driver and postman who became one of the pioneers of UK rap before heading to Hollywood and a series of film and television roles.
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COP presidents should be ‘judged by what they deliver’, says climate policy specialist
We spoke to Jennifer Morgan, who’s Germany’s special representative for international climate policy.
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South Africa gold mine: Thousands of volunteers help to free trapped miners
Thousands of volunteers have turned up outside an abandoned South African gold mine to help rescue thousands of miners feared to be trapped deep underground.
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Zelenskyy: ‘Through diplomacy’ Ukraine must end war with Russia next year
Ukraine must do everything possible to end the war with Russia next year, through diplomacy, President Zelensky has declared.
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Oxford readies for new Chancellor with universities cash crisis set to worsen
Tuition fees may be going up, but three out of four universities are still expected to be in the red next academic year.
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UK growth stalling, latest GDP figures show
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is urging calm over the impact of a Trump presidency, telling this programme we shouldn’t “jump the gun” and assume he will impose tariffs on the UK.
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‘There’s been an over-medicalisation of American public, especially children’, says Republican strategist
We’re joined by Albert Eisenberg, a Republican political strategist who writes for the political news and polling data website RealClearPolitics.
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Trump appoints vaccine sceptic RFK Jr as health secretary
He has no medical qualifications and has been a prolific spreader of health misinformation, but the anti-vaccine campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr ran a presidential campaign that garnered support from hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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Five found guilty of murdering teenagers in Bristol mistaken identity attack
The attack on Mason Rist and Max Dixon lasted just 33 seconds. A tragic case of mistaken identity amid a long-running rivalry between two Bristol neighbourhoods.
